Class A DP door opinions??
Hello, Looking at two used DP's and wanted to know what door location you people prefer. Do you prefer the bus style or mid cabin entry? The bus style seems more convenient while traveling where ...
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We have the bus door as there was not a choice in our coach floorplan offerings. But, we have been looking lately at new coaches (bought one) and one that was on the top of the list was the Newell coach. They offer bus or mid entry doors. The mid entry looked really tempting and I still like it.
One thing to consider is that you not only lose cabinet space, you also lose basement space too. The 'new' basement space in the front is not the same as in the mid compartment. Still, the mid door is nice if it works for you.
We decided to go with a bus conversion that offers only the front door. One thing I like about a Prevost is that you don't have steps that come out. The door is situated in that it is lower on the chassis. All the steps are inside.
Our current coach has two steps that pop out. They have gotten caught a few times on a curb or high spot at a campsite. It never broke the steps but it always bothered me when they got jammed.
One type of step that I would NOT want is the type that the face of the first step will tuck under to make a step. Newell does this as does Foretravel and the top of the line Newmar's. It would be so easy to damage that nice paint job or stainless steal cover as it scrapes on a high spot.
Probably a mid door Newell would not have a problem scraping the step as RV lots are usually fairly flat in the middle of the coach. I cannot tell you how many times our front steps have dragged on a fairly level spot when leveling the coach. When the front had to lower to level, it caused the steps to scrape the hump and either stop not go out at all.
Safe travels,
MM.
One thing to consider is that you not only lose cabinet space, you also lose basement space too. The 'new' basement space in the front is not the same as in the mid compartment. Still, the mid door is nice if it works for you.
We decided to go with a bus conversion that offers only the front door. One thing I like about a Prevost is that you don't have steps that come out. The door is situated in that it is lower on the chassis. All the steps are inside.
Our current coach has two steps that pop out. They have gotten caught a few times on a curb or high spot at a campsite. It never broke the steps but it always bothered me when they got jammed.
One type of step that I would NOT want is the type that the face of the first step will tuck under to make a step. Newell does this as does Foretravel and the top of the line Newmar's. It would be so easy to damage that nice paint job or stainless steal cover as it scrapes on a high spot.
Probably a mid door Newell would not have a problem scraping the step as RV lots are usually fairly flat in the middle of the coach. I cannot tell you how many times our front steps have dragged on a fairly level spot when leveling the coach. When the front had to lower to level, it caused the steps to scrape the hump and either stop not go out at all.
Safe travels,
MM.
